MORGAN SAYLOR DISHES ON HOMELAND

Come Monday, office water-cooler chat across the country will be about Homeland. Fact. So naturally, we decided to give our former covergirl Morgan Saylor, who plays Dana on the show, a quick call to ask her about her major/steamy new role...

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What’s it like having Damian Lewis as your onscreen dad?
He’s very sweet. It’s weird now because he hasn’t been around a lot this season. I saw him and got to talk to him for the first time in a long time about a month ago and he was asking me all sorts of things about college and where I’m living and he was proud, I could tell in his eyes. He met my boyfriend this year, as I brought him on set and he’s also a redhead so he was excited about that [laughs].

Have you ever stolen anything from the set?
I stole a really ugly, grey sweater with thumbholes already in it. It wasn’t even costume, it was just in Dana’s room as part of the clothes that are all over the floor. I wear it all the time but I can’t to set, since I stole it, so it’s a bit of an issue.

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Is there one episode from this series we really can't miss?
Episode six is an important one for Dana, she makes some big decisions. It’s not to do with her new boyfriend but I do believe there’s reason to be suspicious, which you’ll see soon. And Dana does something pretty reckless in episode four.

Intriguing. How did you feel about your (ahem) laundry-room sex scene in episode two? First of all, it was only the second day I met the guy and I’ve been on the show since I was 15 and it’s been the same crew the whole time, so everyone thought it was really weird. We’d do the scene and one of the crew would be like, ‘Wait, hang on!’ and run in to move the sheets to cover me a bit more. I was very lucky because we had a female director for that episode, the only female director we’ve had on the show so far, and I was able to talk about what I was comfortable with.

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What’s your favourite ASOS buy?I got a navy blue Western looking dress with an embroidered collar which I wear all the time. I always get compliments on it.

What are you dressing up as for Halloween?I’ve been brainstorming a lot recently and right now, I’m thinking Princess Leia. She’s always in white so I was thinking a white dress with my hair in two buns.

What’s your usual Starbucks order?I have a Grande Iced Chai Tea Latte and I’m very good at saying it too, can you tell? Dana would probably get a tall black coffee.

What song are you playing on repeat on your iPod at the moment?I’ve been listening to Wonderwall by Oasis. It’s a classic.

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You recently graduated from high school (congrats!). What was your favourite subject?
Math, for sure. I did AP Calculus in senior year and it was so much fun. If I go to university, that’s what I want to study. I don’t know if that’s efficient or makes sense but I love it.

Do you have a secret talent?
I am really flexible and can do weird things with my arms. I start with them behind my back, clap, and then I bring them all the way around my head and walk through them.

What’s your most overused facial expression?
Everyone points out that my ears always move. It’s something that I can’t control, especially when my hair is up. There’s a centimeter range where they just go up and down. I’ve narrowed it down to a change of emotions, so if I think about something happy then something sad, they move.